'''
    @project: Masdevallia
    @author: Austin Baker
    @created: 2/22/2014
    @license: http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

    The MIT License (MIT)

    Copyright (c) 2014 Austin Baker
    
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
    
    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
    
    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
    THE SOFTWARE.
    
    About:
    Base class for the rigging meta nodes.
    
    Usage:
'''

'''
============================================================
--->>   IMPORT MODULES
============================================================
'''    
import maya.OpenMaya as OM
import masdevallia.utility.Dag as Dag
#import masdevallia.nodes.Node as Node
#import masdevallia.utility.Matrix as Matrix
#import masdevallia.utility.XML as XML
#import masdevallia.rigging.RigControl as RigControl

'''
============================================================
--->>   META NODE CLASS
============================================================
'''
class MetaNode(object):
    def __init__(self, inNodeName=None, inNodeType=None):
        """
        @param inNodeName: String. Name of the node.
        @param inNodeType: String. Node type.
        """
        if Dag.objExists( inNodeName ):
            self.Name = inNodeName
            self.Type = inNodeType
        else:
            melCommand = 'createNode \"network\" -name {0}'.format( inNodeName )
            self.Name = OM.MGlobal.executeCommandStringResult( melCommand )
            
        
        # Meta nodes are just network nodes. We use these since they are
        # basically empty nodes.
        
        
#base class

#connect nodes

#disconnect nodes

#get node by name

#get node attribute/plug

#set node attribute/plug

#delete node